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TEAMS reading/language
arts programs invite teachers and students to participate
in a variety of lessons that encourage active participation
and interactivity. Reading: Basic to Success, for
grades K-3, stresses reading acquisition and demonstrates
the components of a comprehensive literacy program including
the structure of language, phoneme awareness, decoding,
spelling, comprehension, and vocabulary development. Writing
in the Primary Grades guides teachers and students through
the stages of writing development. Through the TEAMS DISTANCE
LEARNING Home Page, teachers and students can access resources
that extend and support reading/language arts programs.
READING: BASIC TO SUCCESS SERIES
Reading: Basic to Success is an interactive TEAMS
DISTANCE LEARNING series designed to help teachers effectively
teach reading in the primary grades. It is developed
in two modules, each consisting of eight student programs
supported by four staff development programs. The first
module focuses on K-1 classrooms, the second on grades
2 and 3.
Reading: Basic to Success programs provide for active viewing
and student participation. Students respond with hands-on activities
and discussions, interacting with other students and the classroom
teacher. Strategies that teach beginning reading and writing are modeled
in each of the student programs in this series.
Reading: Basic
to Success: (K-3) Staff Development Programs
Two 60-minute programs
These professional development programs provide an orientation for the series,
Reading: Basic to Success. The first program, Introduction, visits a
first grade class in September. The teacher gives students individual
assessments and then demonstrates small group instruction based on the
results of those assessments. The final program of the series, Review,
revisits the same first grade classroom in May to observe student progress
made in reading acquisition. The Results Project, a program that focuses
on matching instruction to assessment, is discussed.
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Grades
2 - 3: (Units 5-8) |
Staff
Development Programs
Four 60-minute programs |
Student
Programs: Grades 2-3
Eight 30-minute programs |
Unit 5: Phonics
Instruction, 2-3
The staff development program takes teachers through the stages of phonics
development and demonstrates appropriate assessment tools for these stages.
An explicit, systematic phonics lesson is demonstrated and appropriate
reinforcement activities are explored for students in grades K-3. The
two student programs invite classroom students and their teachers to
experience a phonics lesson that addresses specific skills at the grade
2-3 level. Students participate in activities that reinforce the phonics
concepts learned during direct instruction.
Unit 6: Spelling Instruction, 2-3
In this staff development program the stages of spelling development are
described and appropriate assessment tools are given. The program includes
an explicit spelling lesson as well as activities that reinforce the
spelling patterns being learned. The two student programs invite classroom
students and their teachers to experience a lesson that teaches a specific
spelling pattern at the grade 2-3 level. Activities that reinforce spelling
patterns and word parts (root words, prefixes, and suffixes) are also
included.
Unit 7: Comprehension and Vocabulary Development,
2-3
Activities are demonstrated on this staff development program that teach
students to use strategies that deepen comprehension and expand vocabulary.
Both narrative and informational text is used. The writing process is
introduced. The two student programs invite the students to interact
with the text as it is read aloud by the studio teacher. Students experience
predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing strategies at the
grade 2-3 level. After the story is read, students are encouraged to
respond to the story.
Unit 8: Strategic Reading Instruction, 2-3
The staff development program demonstrates strategies that help students
become independent readers. The reciprocal teaching method that teaches
students to predict, question, clarify, and summarize information is
highlighted. Video segments demonstrate each of these processes with
students. The two student programs invite students and their teachers
to experience strategic reading lessons using both fictional and informational
texts.
Writing
for Primary Grades (K-3)
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Teaching
Writing, Grades 2-3
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Staff
Development Programs
One 60-minute program
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Student
Programs: Grades 2-3
Two 30-minute programs
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During the staff
development program for this module, the studio teacher
discusses the stages of writing development and shares
samples of student writing at the second and third grade
level. Suggestions are made for helping students learn
to use the writing process. During the first student
program, the writing process is modeled. Students create
their own stories about pets. The focus of the second
student program is on writing in the content areas. The
studio teacher introduces students to the concept of
collecting and organizing research in a report form.
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